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Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries. We save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children is working in Nigeria because one in five children in Nigeria dies before their fifth birthday. About 40% of children miss out on school and have to work to survive while nearly 2 million children have lost one or both parents to an AIDS-related disease. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Health, Safety, Security and Environment Officer (HSSE) – EU Job Identification: 8431 Location: Jigawa Job Schedule: Full time Grade: 4 Job Category: Security Role Purpose
- Health, Safety, Security and Environment Officer (HSSE) will contribute to the formulation and implementation of Safety and Security Policy/standards/SoPs and other relevant guidelines of SCI aimed at achieving the overall safe programming in Jigawa for all staff/consultants/visitors/volunteers/vendors/beneficiaries through monitoring/reporting/documentation of HSSE compliance by all staff in the Field Office.
- The Health, Safety, Security and Environment Officer (HSSE Officer) will work under the line management of the Field Manager in Jigawa, Safety & Security Coordinator and the Head of Safety and Security in the country office to provide support for the implementation of SCI programs in the Jigawa Office.
Scope of Role Reports to:
- Field Manager Jigawa Office – Direct
- Safety and Security Officer (SSO), CO – Dotted
- Head, Safety and Security (HoSS), CO – Technical
- Staff directly reporting to this post:Â Â Security Guards
Key Areas of Accountability
- Assist the HoSS, SSO on the regular collection and collation of all S&S information across the mission and compute same in the system, using appropriate software and hardware.
- Assist the Jigawa team in trip planning activities from trip requests, movement tracking/records, follow-up on travel SoPs compliance, movement tracking/timing and file a trip completion records and report trip stoppages and hitches for immediate follow-up.
- Assist the Jigawa team in the preparation of Safety and security related reports.
- Collect/collate and report up-line, health, safety, security and environment related incidents internally and externally.
- Assist in the preparation and delivery of S&S trainings and programmes in the Jigawa office.
- Monitor Fleet activities and report on all breaches.
- Carry out any other duty/responsibilities assigned by the SSO and the HoSS aimed at effective S&S management in the Country Office.
- The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
- The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Additional job responsibilities:Equal Opportunities:Behaviours (Values in Practice) Accountability:
- Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
- High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
- Holds self and others accountable
Ambition:
- Creating best-in-class function
- Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively
Collaboration:
- Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
- Designing more effective admin systems
- Willing to take disciplined risks
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.
Integrity:Qualifications, Experience and Attributes
- Degree level qualifications in any of Humanities or Sciences and Security Management.
- At least three year work experience performing Health, Safety, Security and Environment functions.
- Strong learning attitude and capacity for learning and development of technical and professional skills.
- Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an internationally diverse environment.
- Strong Competency in Internet and Microsoft Office systems and other database/mapping systems
- Fluency in English and Hausa.
Skills and Behaviours:
- Â Information Gathering and analysis using good knowledge of management practice and technologies used in the sector.
- Basic understanding of INGOs programming.
- Basic knowledge of Fraud and criminal investigation procedures and methods.
- Critical thinking and excellent logical skills.
- Strong proficiency in the use of Office programs like word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
- Nose-for-news’ and ability to spot flaws in systems.
- Have good communication and presentations skills.
Child Safeguarding:
- We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
- All visitors receive a safeguarding briefing within 48 hours of arriving in country and at each location.
- The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
Health and Safety:Application Closing Date 6th August, 2024; 00:59. How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should: